Superstorm Sandy: Thursday aftermath

A food card does business in the blackout zone of 5th Avenue in Manhattan's Chelsea section, Thursday, Nov. 01, 2012, in New York. Hundreds of thousands in New York City alone were still without power Thursday, especially in Lower Manhattan, which remained in the dark roughly south of the Empire State Building after floodwaters had knocked out power. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)

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Shopping carts full of food damaged by superstorm Sandy await disposal at the Fairway supermarket in the Red Hook section of the Brooklyn borough of New York, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. The food was contaminated by flood waters that rose to approximately four feet in the store during the storm. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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Two onlookers hold hands beside two boats that were driven inland by flood waters, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, in New York. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP Photo/ John Minchillo)

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Peter Green looks at the wreckage of his oceanfront home in Bay Head, N.J. on Oct. 31, 2012. He says youths stole golf clubs from the ruins of his home on a stretch of Jersey shore that was devastated by Hurricane Sandy. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

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An oceanfront home is destroyed in Mantoloking, N.J., on Oct. 31, 2012. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

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This photo made available by the New Jersey Governor's Office shows flooding on the bay side of Seaside, N.J. on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 after superstorm Sandy made landfall in New Jersey Monday evening. (AP Photo/New Jersey Governor's Office, Tim Larsen)

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Motorists sit in heavy traffic while crossing the Robert F. Kennedy Triboro Bridge during the morning rush, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, in the Queens borough of New York. The floodwaters that poured into New York's deepest subway tunnels may pose the biggest obstacle to the city's recovery from the worst natural disaster in the transit system's 108-year history. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

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Yoriko Maio, left, and Kijung Takii wash clothes in the driveway of their home, which was flooded and is without power, in the wake of superstorm Sandy on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, in Little Ferry, N.J. New Jersey residents across the state were urged to conserve water. At least 1.7 million customers remained without electricity. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

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A truck from the New York City Department of Transportation is submerged at the entrance to the Battery Park Underpass in lower Manhattan, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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Chris Zaturoski uses a garden hose to attempt to siphon gasoline from his car to use in a generator at his house which is without power in the wake of superstorm Sandy on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, in Little Ferry, N.J. The hose was too big to fit into the gas tank of the car. New Jersey residents across the state were urged to conserve water. At least 1.7 million customers remained without electricity. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

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In a photo made through a chain-link fence, traffic is gridlocked on the Long Island Expressway into Manhattan near the turn off for the Queensboro Bridge, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, in the Queens borough of New York. New York's subway system rumbled partially back to life Thursday, though the morning commute was plagued by long delays and massive gridlock on the main highways and bridges leading into the city. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

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Commuters wait in a line to board buses into Manhattan in front of the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. The line stretched twice around the arena and commuters reported wait times of one to three hours to get on a bus. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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Motorists in wait in line for gasoline outside a Hess station on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2012, in Farmingdale, N.Y. Thereís plenty of gasoline around, in the Northeast - just not at gas stations. Drivers in several states waited hours in long lines for gasoline, even as millions of gallons of the stuff was waiting in nearby pipelines, terminals and tankers floating just offshore. Gasoline was stuck in its own traffic jam, unable to flow through pumps that had no electricity or ports that were mangled by superstorm Sandyís storm surge. (AP Photo/Frank Eltman)

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Anthony Rivera, right, hands out bottled water to residents of Rockaway Beach while they wait on line for pampers, socks and gloves provided by The Legacy Center, after hurricane Sandy Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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Tom Duffy reacts while searching for keepsakes in the remains of his home of 23 years, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, in New York. Duffy's home was damaged by a fire during superstorm Sandy. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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Sand from the beach is seen up to the windows of a home as a vehicle sits on its side partially buried in sand following superstorm Sandy, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, in Seaside Heights, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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Julio Serrano power sawa a tree uprooted in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, in Coney Island, N.Y. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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Leigh Dworkin, right, waits for a slice of pizza as Carlos Quizhplema, left, and Rosa Rosas work behind the counter at Frank's Trattoria, in New York Wednesday Oct. 31, 2012. The establishment had water but no electricity or phone service. Quizhplema rode his bicycle 3 hours from the Flushing section in the Queens borough of New York to get to work. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

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Sand is piles high along a plowed street in Beach Haven on Long Beach Island, N.J. on Wednesday Oct. 31, 2012. New Jersey got the brunt of supersrtorm Sandy, which made landfall in the state and killed six people. More than 2 million customers were without power as of Wednesday afternoon, down from a peak of 2.7 million. (AP Photo/Philadelphia Inquirer, Ed Hille) PHIX OUT; TV OUT; MAGS OUT; NEWARK OUT

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A vehicle is seen in a sinkhole as bus driver Debbie Baker-Star drives a school bus to pick up stranded people following superstorm Sandy, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, in Seaside Heights, N.J. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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Part of the boardwalk is seen after it crashed through the side of a house in Lavellette, N.J., during superstorm Sandy, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)